Daily Awareness

How significant is your life?

When all is said and done, can you say you have lived a life of significance?

This question came to me on Friday evening of last week as I sat by the bedside of a friend who was in transition from the physical plane to her next journey.

The hospital room had an energy of love from not only the people who were with Justine at the time, but also those who had been visiting for many days prior to bid her farewell as well as the energy of those who could not physically be by Justine's bedside, yet there in spirit none the less.

Visitors came to bid farewell and have a closing conversation with this amazing woman. In the time I was in the room it became so evident that Justine is deeply loved by an incredibly diverse group of people.

It was sensing this that brought the question to surface, "Have you lived a life of significance?"

The Miracle Workers

Miracles appear every day, in every way. All we need do is look.

Often, we may think our problems are so overwhelming we don't know how we will get through them. We get through them little by little, day by day, moment by moment.

Then the miracle of seeing someone else triumph over what seems insurmountable odds.

Watch as three young people create a miracle of love for their mother.


When you need a great boost of inspiration simply watch again and again. All things will be put into perspective.

Women of Wisdom Book Excerpt - Spiritual Courage: Put Love Into Action

Today I am pleased to post an excerpt of an amazing book, Women of Wisdom. The following addresses the issue of love in action. Enjoy.

If there ever was a time when we need to put love into action, it is now. Take a look at our world—it is so interconnected, not only by technologies of communication and transportation, but also by technologies of destruction.

War and terrorism can reach the other end of the world in a matter of minutes. So we really are at an evolutionary turning point. We have to join together to lay the foundations for a peaceful world. And this is what I have so much passion for—not only because of my research, but because I am a mother, and a grandmother.

How are we going to make a difference? How are we really going to heal this world—this world that is so full of suffering; where especially women and children are all too often brutalized? How can we even think of peace as long as that violence continues?

I’m not going to exhort, to preach that people should be kinder and better and more loving; because after all, spiritual people have been doing this for millennia. Instead, we’re going to look at how we can create the conditions that will support the kinds of relationships and behaviors we yearn for: relationships of mutual benefit, of mutual respect, of mutual accountability, of non-violence, of caring.

All the universe is conspiring in your favor

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person realize his dream,” the Alchemist.

The underlying theme of this magical, entertaining and spiritually-based book is such that one can’t help but realize that we each have a destiny and our only responsibility is to fulfill our calling.

Join the shepherd boy who discovers his hidden passion and how the universe conspired him to to realize his dream in the most amazing ways.

From helping a shop owner increase business, to meeting the love of his life, to being accosted by bandits and finally realizing his dream, the shepherd boy lives in each of us.

Will you heed your calling? Find out by reading The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. I highly recommend this book.